Maj. Addison Harding, an F-16 pilot assigned to the 114th Fighter Wing in Sioux Falls South Dakota swims to the next training station during a SERE refresher course at the Midco Aquatic Center in Sioux Falls South Dakota September 30, 2022. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Daniel Ter Haar) NOVEMBER 7, 2022 – No pilot would ever like to be behind enemy lines or … [Read more...]

Staff Sgt. Michelle Padilla, a cadre member at the Washington Youth Challenge Academy at Camp Parsons Boy Scout Camp in Brinnon, Wash on Oct. 21, 2022. (U.S. National Guard photo by Peter Chang) NOVEMBER 4, 2022 – Staff Sgt. Michelle Padilla is passionate about the Washington Youth ChalleNGe Academy, and she has been since she first stepped on campus in 2013. “Before I … [Read more...]

An LUH-72 Lakota helicopter is flown above mountainous terrain near Gypsum, Colorado, home of the Colorado National Guard's High-altitude Army National Guard Aviation Training Site, or HAATS, Oct. 16, 2022. Army Gen. Daniel Hokanson, chief, National Guard Bureau, visited HAATS to gain a full scope of the mission and training environment. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. … [Read more...]

OCTOBER 28, 2022 – Airmen from the 161st Air Refueling Wing conducted the Air National Guard’s first multiday flyaway readiness exercise by an air refueling wing Oct. 12-17 to demonstrate the Air Force’s Agile Combat Employment priority. The ACE concept uses multicapable Airmen to maintain, refuel and recover aircraft and ensure they are ready to deploy rapidly. “This is … [Read more...]

OCTOBER 25, 2022 - The New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing launched the first of five LC-130 “Skibird” aircraft to Antarctica Oct. 19 to support National Science Foundation research. The LC-130 version of the C-130 Hercules is the largest aircraft in the world able to land on snow and ice on skis. The aircraft are equipped with eight-bladed propellers for the … [Read more...]